"Treatment should have started immediately but they refused to accept it"

I was taken by ambulance after a 1 1/2 hour wait when I lost the use of both legs following a shingles vaccine.  When I arrived at A&E my wife advised staff that I was suffering from Guillain -Barre Syndrome but this was dismissed.  I was then transferred to Exeter hospital where I suffered bed sores. After 10 days they had to admit that I did indeed have GBS. Treatment should have started immediately; it was suspected but they stubbornly refused to accept it, and as a result my condition deteriorated.

After eventually receiving IVIG I was transferred to South Molton Hospital for 4 weeks for rehab but this was very limited and I was left in bed or chair and received very little rehab. I should have gone to the specialist unit at Exeter but was told that the locals would complain if I took up a bed there. The food in South Molton was awful and not suitable for a long term patient as they had closed the kitchens (cost cutting?) and were serving microwave meals and packet soup and sandwiches . Due to lack of fibre I was dosed up with laxatives and as the staff were too busy to answer the call bell I was frequently left in my own mess.  I had to be discharged unable to walk before I suffered malnutrition as I had lost 1 1/2 stone in the hospital system.